John Kutsch is the Executive Director for the Thorium Energy Alliance. He has spent 23 years developing materials, mechanisms, and products for industrial, energy, and medical clients. He is noted
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Gary Dillabough is a Venture Partner at Navitas Capital. Gary’s previous investments and board roles include View Glass, Comfy (Siemens), Honest Buildings (Procore) and SCL Elements (Schneider Electric). Prior to
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Bret Kugelmass is a technology entrepreneur previously best known for his work pioneering autonomous flight technology. In 2017, his dedication towards solving climate and energy challenges led to the founding
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Dr. Jake DeWitte is the co-founder and CEO of Oklo, which is a technology venture building a new kind of nuclear reactor to bring cheap, clean, abundant power to the
Chuck Peterson is Senior Of Counsel member of the Covington Burling legal team. He is a highly regarded international nuclear power industry expert with world renown expertise in handling complex
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Tom Blees is the president of the Science Council for Global Initiatives (SCGI), an international NGO dedicated to uplifting the standard of living of people in all nations while repairing
Dr. Ray Rothrock is chairman and CEO of RedSeal Inc., an enterprise cyber security company. Rothrock transitioned to partner emeritus of Venrock, an early-stage tech investment partnership originally formed by
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Ross Koningstein is an advisor to Google Ventures and a generalist engineer at Google. Ross has worked on Google’s RE<C program and on their data center efficiency, and has an
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Dr. Laura Smoliar became a Founding Partner of the Berkeley Catalyst Fund because it combines her passion for mentoring technical entrepreneurs with her interest in philanthropy. Laura founded a start-up
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Kirk Sorensen founded Flibe Energy in 2011 after he had spent over a decade as a NASA aerospace engineer and additional experience as a chief nuclear technologist at Teledyne Brown
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